“Government”
Grand Master – Prime Minister : H.S.H. Principe Don Thorbjorn Paternò Castello d’Ayerbe d’Aragona
High Councilor of the Prince Grand Master: H.E. Alberto Domenico Tumminelli Marchese di Merì
Head Diplomat : ........H.E. Dott. Thomas Molendini di Santa Magdalena
Head of the Chamber: H.H. Don Dorin Potolinca Duc of Sperlinga Prince of St. Elena
Minister of Humanitarian Activities: H.H. Principe Don Dimitre Surdza
Minister of Culture and Grand Chanceller: H.H. Donna Giuseppa Dott.ssa Trovato di Montpellier
Minister of Scientific Research:H.H. Don Dorin Potolinca Duc of Sperlinga Prince of St. Elena
Minister of Social Activities and Transport: H.E. Don Roberto Schiavone di Serrafalco
Minister of Finance: H.E. Dott. Gaetano Bordonaro
Minister of External Affairs: H.E. Don Giuseppe Cipolloni of Almazora
Minister of Interior: H.E. Dott. Don Giovanni Guerrieri of Castelsardo and Monfort
Minister of Science: H.E. Prof.
Minister of Communication: H.E. Dott.
Minister of Energy and the Environment: H.E. Dott.
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs: H.E. Andrea Corsini
Minister of Religious Relations: H.E. Giorgio Colombo
Minister of Securety : H.E. Don Marcello Maria Cappellacci of St. Rafael del Rio
The positions of Minister of the Interior, of Defense, of Priory Relations, of Promotions and of Elementary Education remain vacant
UNDERSECRETARIES
Undersecretary to Minister of the Exterior: Prof.
Undersecretary for Communications: Dott.
Following is the annex to the Constitution:
HIERARCHY OF THE SOVEREIGN ORDER
GRAND MASTER Head of the Order and its political and moral leader; Chief of executive power and Prime Minister; upon whom final decisions of matters of the order are dependent. Upon him rests the final decision on matters of the Order as a State or of the Order as a Cavalier Order.
GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT
GRAND MASTER Substitutes the Grand Master in the case of illness or impediment; has executive powers delegated by the Grand Master on which the Order depends..
N.B. from henceforth mention of “Grand Master” should be interpreted as “Grand Master and Governor”
SUPREME GRAND COUNCIL Composed of the Grand Chancellor and all Ministers of the Government; the Supreme Grand Council convenes only in the case that it becomes impossible to govern due to conflict between the Governor and the Lieutenant Grand Master, making decisions based on a majority vote of those present.
GRAND CHANCELLOR Executive branch of the decisions of the Grand Master; Spokesperson, when authorized, of the Order; Predisposes the working agenda of the Government.
HEAD OF PROTOCOL Concerned with ceremony, with the hospitality of visitors; The organization of formal affairs for PR events.
SECRETARY GENERAL At the head of Administration of the Order; documental archiving (curates the official archives); Prepares official deeds, supervises the formal aspect of documents, relations, printed communications and all that concerns “hardcopies”; He is concerned with the maintenance and amendments of informatic material; May be assisted by a Vice Secretary General.
GOVERNMENT
Has a consultative function in the confronts of the Grand Master, is composed of various Ministers, assembles as least once per month and every proposition is considered suitable as a proposal to the Grand Master in the case of a favorable two-thirds vote by those having voting rights; the workings and meetings of the Government are directed by the Grand Chancellor or by the Head of Chamber.
MINISTERS
Assembling Organs of the respective Ministries, as their role, these bodies function to assure compliance to the programs and projects established by the Grand Master; They are entrusted to promote activities of cross-examinating assesment of the Government, which eventually express authorization to operate in the interests of the Sovereign Order.
N.B. : each Minister may be paired with one or more UNDERSECRETARY OF THE STATE of his nomination (once approved by the Grand Master or Governor) or nominated by the Grand Master of Governor.
HEAD OF DIPLOMATIC BODY Undersecretary of the State of External Affairs who is concerned only with the coordination and management of diplomatic personell of the Order according to the directions imparted upon by the Grand Master
GRAND PRIORIES, PRIORS AND COMMANDERS
GRAND PRIORIES cover a geographic area of variable size (generally may be assimilated with one or more foreign States)
GRAND PRIOR is the apex of the Grand Priory and has organizational functions a) autonomous (do not engage the Order)
b) dependent (according to the directives imparted by Institutional Organs)
KNIGHTS OF RITUAL functions of the Head of Protocol, but only on the level of the Grand Priory
PRIORIES covers a limited geographic area (generally may be assimilated with that of a foreign State or many of its regions)
PRIOR is the apex of the Priory: functions: deputy of the Grand Prior, but of an lesser level
KNIGHT OF CEREMONY see Knights of Ritual of Grand Priory, of a smaller scale
COMMANDERIES Cover a territorial area that may be assimilated to that of a city or, less commonly, comparable to a province
COMMANDER at the head of the Commandery
Functions: see Prior, but in a local setting
KNIGHT OF CEREMONY see other Knights of Ritual, but in a local setting